Non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls and risk of endometriosis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1280-1285

  Trabert, Britton ^a,b   de Roos, Anneclaire J ^a,b   Schwartz, Stephen M ^a   Peters, Ulrike ^a,b   Scholes, Delia ^a,c   Barr, Dana B ^d   Holt, Victoria L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control; Endometriosis; Non dioxin like PCBs; Population based; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956815829     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901444     Document Type: Article

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